Unthinkable Wings

I used to think I wasn't particularly bothered about clothes; however, I have come to realise that this isn't true... Walking past the various shops on the High can be a bit of a trial, particularly Hobbs and Toast.

Anyway: Toast has a green woolen waistcoat in a sort of subdued tweed in their window. It is a ridiculous sort of garment, and I really, really want one. Unfortunately - or possibly fortunately - Toast never puts their prices in the window (and we all know what that means...) and I don't dare go in and then sneak out intimidated by the price. Or, come to that, end up buying it when I can't actually justify it.

As I was standing their coveting, a middle-aged couple walked past the window, and the woman said, in tones of surprise and pointing at the old telephone, "Oh look, darling, we used to have a phone like that." And I thought, of course you did. So did I, as a kid, and so did virtually everyone I knew. It was the BT standard issue one.... (I remember doing the 'how to dial 999 in the dark by feeling for the metal catch' drill in the Brownies, too - a lot easier than doing it by touch on a digital phone).

(Uses Tolkien icon, because of the waistcoats).

I suppose a waistcoat might work under a gown. And it does seem to have good pockets... No! Cease this madness, and go to the library....